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It's love,' they say. You touch the right one and a whole half of the universe wakes up, a new half.

William Stafford

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William Stafford
Age: 79 †
Born: 1914
Born: January 17
Died: 1993
Died: August 28
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Hutchinson
Kansas
Touch
Half
Universe
Whole
Right
Love
Wakes

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